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"Characterization of a novel coronavirus
associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome,"
by Paul A. Rota and 35 others, Science, 300(5624): 1394-9, 30 May 2003.
[Authors' affiliations: Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA; University of California, San
Francisco; Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Bernard Nocht Institute
for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract: "In March 2003, a novel
coronavirus (SARS-CoV) was discovered in association with cases of severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The sequence of the complete genome of
SARS-CoV was determined, and the initial characterization of the viral genome
is presented in this report. The genome of SARS-CoV is 29,727 nucleotides in
length and has 11 open reading frames, and its genome organization is similar
to that of other coronaviruses. Phylogenetic analyses and sequence comparisons
showed that SARS-CoV is not closely related to any of the previously
characterized coronaviruses."
This 2003 report from Science was
cited 41 times in current journal articles indexed by Thomson
Scientific during November-December 2004. No other medicine paper published in
the last two years, aside from reviews, attracted a greater number of
citations during that two-month period. This is one of six SARS-related papers
currently occupying the Top Ten of medicine's most cited, based on the
November-December tally. Prior to the most recent bimonthly count, citations
to Rota et al. have accrued as follows:
September-October 2004: 32 citations
July-August 2004: 64
May-June 2004: 48
March-April 2004: 47
January-February 2004: 33
November-December 2003: 24
September-October 2003: 26
July-August 2003: 15
May-June 2003: 3
SOURCE: Hot
Papers Database (Included with a subscription to the ISI print newsletter Science
Watch®, available from the ISI
Research Services Group. Packaged on a CD-ROM that is mailed with each Science
Watch issue, the Hot
Papers Database contains data on hundreds of highly cited papers published
during the last two years. User interface permits searching by author,
organization, journal, field, and more. Total citations, as well as citations
accrued during successive bimonthly periods, can be assessed and graphed. An
updated CD containing the most recent bimonthly data is mailed with every new
issue of Science
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issue in HTML format, for personal desktop access.)
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